I guess the NCAA feels they've done a decent job of cleaning up the sport now that they've rid their game of that menace Jim Tressel, and brought those dastardly jersey-sellers to justice.

I feared from the beginning that the NCAA had no real interest in opening up the Pandora's Box that is SEC cheating, and this reinforces that view.

To be fair to them, you can't punish what you can't prove, and I understand that even though it was reported that they identified the "bagman" who gave the cash to Cecil Newton, they couldn't compel him to come forward and testify, or give up the names of the people who supplied it.

"I believe it is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting." H.L. Mencken

e0's avatar reminded me of a joke someone emailed me the other day...and this is as good a place for it as any...I realize it's a bit old...

Traveling salesman knocks on the door of the house and a 10-year old kid comes to the door. He's got a lit cigarette in one hand, a glass of whiskey in the other, and a copy of Penthouse folded under his arm.

Salesman asks: "Young man, is your mommy or daddy home?

Kid responds: "Now, what the fuck do you think?

"I believe it is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting." H.L. Mencken

e0y2e3 wrote:Can't believe you left Joe Bauserman off that list Swerb.

Auburn is innocent, the Big Ten has 12 teams, the Big 12 has like 7 teams, a team from Boise, Idaho is being recruited to play in the Big East, and the Buckeyes started a 34 year old quarterback that blew more than a Kardashian and almost lost to Toledo.

There.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

Reminds me of an anecdote from on old time basketball sportswriter which "says" he overheard Lew Alcindorremarking one night out on the the road his rookie year in the Association......" Hell I took a pay cut my first year out of college."